Micah 4:6-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 4:1-7

It is a very comfortable but with which this chapter begins, and very reviving to those who lay the interests of God's church near their heart and are concerned for the welfare of it. When we sometimes see the corruptions of the church, especially of church-rulers, princes, priests, and prophets, seeking their own things and not the things of God, and when we soon after see the desolations of the church, Zion for their sakes ploughed as a field, we are ready to fear that it will one day perish... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:6

In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth ,.... The Jews or Israelites so described; not from the halting of Jacob their father, as Abarbinel thinks; nor because of their halting between two opinions, worshipping both the true God and idols, as in the times of Elijah; for this will not suit with the Jews in their present state; but because they were like lame and maimed sheep, to which the allusion is; or because they were guilty of sins, which are sometimes expressed by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:7

And I will make her that halted a remnant ,.... That is, make a reserve of her, and not utterly cut her off for her halting or sinning; that there may be a seed, a posterity descending from her, that shall serve the Lord, and appear to be a remnant according to the election of grace; which will be the persons called and gathered in the latter day: and her that was cast afar off a strong nation ; Kimchi thinks this refers to the ten tribes that were carried far off into Media and other... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:6

Will I assemble her that halteth - driven out - afflicted - Under these epithets, the state of the Jews, who were to be gathered into the Christian Church, is pointed out. They halted between the true God and idols; they were driven out into captivity, because of this idolatry; and they were variously afflicted, because they would not return unto the Lord that bought them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

Her that halted a remnant - I will preserve them as a distinct people after their return from captivity, for the farther purposes of my grace and mercy. And the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion - The Chaldee is remarkable here, and positively applies the words to the Messiah: "But thou, O Messiah, of Israel, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:6

Verse 6 The Prophet pursues the same subject. But we must ever remember what I have previously reminded you of, — that the trials would be so grievous and violent that there would be need of strong and uncommon remedies; for the faithful might have been a hundred times sunk, as it were, in the deepest gulfs, except they had been supported by various means. This then is the reason why the Prophet confirms so fully the truth which we have noticed respecting the restoration of the Church. In that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

Verse 7 He then adds, I will make the halting a remnant By remnant he understands the surviving Church. Hence the metaphor, halting, is extended even to destruction; as though he said, “Though the Jews for a time may differ nothing from dead men, I will yet cause them to rise again, that they may become again a new people.” It was difficult to believe this at the time of exile: no wonder, then, that the Prophet here promises that a posterity would be born from a people that were dead. For... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:1-8

The Messiah's spiritual kingdom. These verses call us away from the contemplation of sin and its effects as set forth in the previous chapters, and hid us turn our thoughts to the golden age that rose before the prophet's vision, and animated and cheered his heart in the dark days in which his lot was cast. We live in happier times. Much that was to him only distant expectation has become fully realized by us. "Blessed are our eyes," etc. ( Matthew 13:16 , Matthew 13:17 ). Still,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6

In that day. The Messianic age of Micah 4:1 . Her that halteth; Septuagint, τὴν συντετριμμένην , "her that is bruised;" Vulgate, claudicantem . Under the image of a flock footsore and dispersed, the prophet signifies the depressed condition of the excelled Hebrews (comp. Micah 2:12 ; Zephaniah 3:19 ). It is the sick and afflicted here who are to he gathered together, the remnant, that is (verse 7), wherever found, which turns to the Lord in repentance and humility. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6-7

§ 5. In this promised restoration all Israel is included, if they choose to accept, the offer. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 4:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6-7

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